Back in Coach Search Season (TM), two prominent names were hot and heavy in the Auburn zeitgeist - Lane Kiffin (aka Portal King, aka Joey Freshwater) and Deion Sanders (aka Coach Prime, aka His Primeness).
Kiffin is all about one thing - Lane. Deion is the same way. They suck all the air out of the room, demand coverage a certain way, get surly with local beats, kowtow to national (re: BSPN) reporters, expect the rules to bend around their will and wish, and always seem to be chasing "something more" in terms of jobs.
Seeing the circuses that follow both of those people (contrived and otherwise), did Auburn dodge a couple of nightmares by going with HF over Kiffikins and PrimeOptimus? I think they did.